October 7
Game releases for PSP, Oct 6thWith games being scare on the PSP, this month will be important to many consoles and game developers as it’s probably the most packed game release month in years.
On the PSP there will be NBA Live for all regions and like with the PS3 releases for this week, NBA ‘09: The Inside will come to North America and Asia. Ans Europe will get Leo Batman. The US does get Midnight Club: LA Remix (the PSP version of the latest title of Midnight Club on the consoles).
Check the whole list what this week has to offer.
North America:
- Crash: Mind Over Mutant
- Midnight Club: LA Remix
- My Spanish Coach
- NBA ‘09 The Inside
- NBA Live 09
Europe:
- C.I.D.: The Dummy
- LEGO Batman: The Video Game
- NBA Live 09
Asia:
- Macross Ace Frontier
- Mahjong Haoh Portable: Jansou Battle (Mycom Best)
- NBA 09: The Inside
- NBA Live 09
- Umewaza Ykari no Yasashi Igo
October 6
PSP version of Star Ocean gets Euro dateThe remake of Star Ocean: First Departure for the PSP will see European shores on October 24th.
While it was released in Japan last year, First Departure is a remake of the original Star Ocean title released in 1996 on the SNES. Only this version will have CGI cut scenes, new playable characters and some enhanced visuals.
Despite the game still needing to get out in the US (October 21st) and Europe, another remake of The Second Story named Star Ocean: The Second Evolution will see the light on January 6th, 2009.
Sony have announced its 2008 and 2009 line-up to the world. Scott Steinberg says:
“For the second half of 2008 and beyond, we will see a spectacular line up of triple-A titles and original gaming content that will satisfy PlayStation fans across the board… Highly anticipated games such as Resistance 2(TM), LittleBigPlanet(TM), and Killzone(TM) 2, along with original content such as SIREN: Blood Curse and PixelJunk(TM) Eden, demonstrate SCEA’s passion to lead the market by continuing to deliver unique gaming content and revolutionary sequels to our best-selling franchises.”
Below is the line-up from the press release, released by Sony:
Hot Shots Golf(R): Open Tee 2 — PSP (Available June 3, 2008 / E for “Everyone”)
Secret Agent Clank(TM) — PSP (Available June 17, 2008 / E10+ for “Everyone 10+”)
wipEout(R) HD — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Rated E10+)
Elefunk(TM) — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / E for “Everyone”)
PixelJunk(TM) Eden — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
SIREN: Blood Curse — PSN (Available Summer 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
SOCOM: US Navy SEALs Confrontation — PS3 (Available September 16, 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
LittleBigPlanet(TM) — PS3 (Available October 2008 / Not yet Rated)
NBA 09 — PS3, PSP, PS2 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
NBA 09 — PSP (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
NBA 09 — PS2 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
About BUZZ!(TM) Quiz TV — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
BUZZ!(TM) Master Quiz — PSP (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
MotorStorm(TM) Pacific Rift — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
Resistance 2(TM) — PS3 (Available Fall 2008 / Not Yet Rated)
Killzone(TM) 2 — PS3 (Available February 2009 / Not Yet Rated)
A nice looking line-up! Some big name titles in there such as Socom and Killzone 2.
Capcom recently told the gaming industry that Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sold 1 million units in the first 6 days of release. On the first day of release, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G sold a cool 670,000 units and has become the fastest selling game in the series.
Making it the fastest selling game in the series, really impressive since it’s not even a full game for the 1.7 million gamers who already own Monster Hunter Portable 2nd.
Retailer site Sinobi put the first day figures of MHP 2ndG at 670,000 copies, including 17,000 Hunter Pack G which comes with a special edition PSP. The amount is slightly higher than MHP 2nd’s 512,000 copies whose record of best selling PSP games in Japan looks vulnerable now at 1.7 million.
Great job by Capcom. All we need is a worldwide release.
Source: PSPHyper